On July 6, 1986,with 18,000+ in the seats at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Braves first baseman Bob Horner became the 11th man in the history of Major League Baseball to belt four home runs in one contest. Unfortunately, Horner's historic day at the plate did not translate into a win for his club who fell to the Montreal Expos by the score of 11-8.

To date, the number of men who have hit four home runs in one game stands at 16. Only two of those 16 men suffered a loss at the end of the day, with Horner being the second of the two. The other man who accomplished the feat in a losing effort came almost 90 years earlier on July 13, 1896 when Ed Delahanty of the Philadelphia Phillies blasted four, but ended up on the wrong side of a 9-8 score.
Check out the box score here: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL198607060.shtml
Watch Horner's fourth blast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRCirRxKOOI
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